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This is one of the Puck images, with the Giant Pendulum in the foreground and the Leaning Tower behind.

Postprocessed in Snapseed.

#Solargraph #solargraphy #SolarcanPuck #Astrodon #astrophotography #photography #snapseed #GravityDiscoveryCentre #gingin

A giant tripod with a leaning tower behind it. Behind it all, the trails of the sun from the last six months form a series of arcs.

A Winter Solstice solargraph combined with a white light image of the sun from the same day.

#solarcan #solarcanpuck #solargraph #dwarfii #astrophotography #DoubleExposure #sun #astronomy #photography #solstice

A sepia toned image showing silhouettes of trees and buildings, with the arc of the sun's passage shining behind them. Overlaid, sunspots and solar granulation.

Today was the Winter Solstice.

The original plan for this weekend was to recover our various #solargraph cameras from around Gingin.

Then we got Covid.

So, as we isolate and recover, I popped a #SolarcanPuck into the window above my sick bed, which conveniently points North.

So Happy Solstice, and Happy #SolarCanDay :)

1 day exposure. Scanned with Photoscan, and Postprocessed in #Snapseed.

#photography #astronomy #astrophotography #Astrodon

A sepia image with trees and low buildings. A low bright arc shows the path of the midwinter sun's passage through the day.

#Solargraph from my Rooftop Movies #solargraphy project. This one is a #SolarcanPuck looking West from the South end of the outdoor cinema #Artrage set up on the roof of the Roe St carpark in #Northbridge.

This camera was set up for three weeks.

Things to look out for:
The reflection of the #sun path in the giant mirror ball.
The Rooftop Movies sign.
Casual tables for patrons use before the movie starts.
The three weeks of sun paths with some gaps showing clouds.

Many thanks to Artrage and Rooftop Movies for helping make this happen. Stay tuned for more from this project.

#photography #Perth #Astrodon #Astrophotography

A blue circle in a black background. The blue circle has a yellow-green stripe from top right to near the centre of the lower third. There is a circular object near the base of the stripe, and a sign below it.

Six Months with a Puck
Just after winter solstice to today. At the top you can see the anemometer of my weather station. This is looking out over the roof of my house.

This has the most amazing colours of all the solargraphs I have ever taken.

Scanned with #Pixel6a and post processed in #snapseed

#solarcan #solarcanpuck #solargraphy #solargraph #analog

A yellow-green and green disk against a dark blue woodgrain background. In the disk is a central area of orange, and an off-white thin arc. From the top of the dis is the shadow of an anemometer arm.

This is a three month #solargraph taken at the #Gingin #GravityDiscoveryCentre .
This was taken with a #SolarcanPuck attached to the underside of the #RadioTelescope they have there. About six weeks in, they rotated the dish, resulting in two distinct sets of sun trails, at about 90 degrees. Scanned with #PhotoScan and processed in #Snapseed.

#photography #solargraphy

A blue tinted view of the underside of a radiotelescope dish, looking up at the sun's path. There are two sets of paths, crossing at close to 90 degrees. The sun's paths are almost white.

Recovered a suburban camera now that I am allowed to walk short distances. This one was set up about 3 weeks ago - there is still very little movement in the solar arc.

#solargraph #solarcanpuck #solargraphy #pinhole #analog #photography

A view down a suburban street, with a sign directly overhead and in line with the view. The arc of the sun's path is across the middle of the image, which is in shades of brown and orange.

Quite the magnificent image! Were you using a #solarcanpuck or a homebrew?

Looking Up
12 hour #solargraph using a #solarcanpuck mounted at 45 degrees.

Photoscanned and inverted with #snapseed .

#solargraphy #pinhole #analogphotography

Reflecting on Work

Another #solarcanpuck #solargraph taken at my office. This was shot back in October 2022, overt two days.

#pinhole #solargraphy #pinholephotography

A hotel high-rise, with the sun's track passing over it. The track is reflected back on the hotel half way up. There are some partial gaps in the sun's path where cloud has covered it.

Kitchen window
Solargraphy diptych

Needs some work…

Solarcan Pucks
Ilford Photo MGIV gloss paper

#Solarcan #SolarcanPuck
#Solargraphy
#BelieveInFilm

Diptych of solargraphs through our kitchen window with agaves in bottles in the foreground and the passage of the sun in an arc above.

Four day #solargraph using a #solarcanpuck taken at Cooper's Mill in Yunderup, near #Mandurah . You can just make out the mill behind the dead tree in the foreground.
#pinhole #pinholephotography #solargraphy

Circular blue-green monochrome photograph with a dark brown frame. A tentacle-like dead tree in the foreground, with the edge of a ruined mill behind. The Sun's path tracks across from the top right to the middle left.

Here's a pinhole camera image of my back yard on Christmas Eve. The streak in the sky is the path of the Sun in this all-day-long time exposure photo. #SolarCan #SolarCanPuck #pinholecamera

Since #projects is also legit for non-tech meddles, here are some of my hobby shots from long exposure solar cameras.
The first two are #SolarCan (back garden and #Baltic #Newcastle, up to 6 months. The third is the can itself from that second shot. The last one is a #SolarCanPuck from a wedding venue in West Newcastle over one day.
You place a can firmly, the sun draws an arc each day through the pinhole onto photo paper. You cut it open, scan, and recalibrate/colour it.
Magical #science #art ♥️

A series of parabola-shaped light lines, from the sun's highest point to its lowest. A tree and houses stand as ghosts in the foreground.

Sun arcs through the sky over six months. Taken from a high building. Tower blocks are visible

A #SolarCan pinhole camera attached to a girder on the top of the Baltic. Tape is used to hold it firm and keep it from being stolen by birds!

A #SolarCanPuck exposure over part of a day. A single line is visible in the sky. Tents are in the foreground.

Solarcan launches reusable Puck solargraphy pinhole camera

#news #filmphotography #solarcan #solarcanpuck

The Solarcan Puck is a Single-Day Time Exposure Pinhole Camera

#equipment #news #camera #experimental #kickstarter #samcornwell #solarcan #solarcanpuck #solargraph #solargraphy #sun

The Solarcan Puck is a tiny solar camera that lets you shoot three super long exposures

#gear #gearannouncement #solarcan #solarcanpuck #solargraph #sun

Solarcan Puck is a Limited-Time Palm-Sized Pinhole Solargraph Camera

Solarcan has announced Puck, a smaller limited-time version of its soda-can-shaped Sun-catching camera. The new model comes shaped like a circle and produces round instead of more traditional rectangle images.

Solarcan, created by photographer Sam Cornwell, specializes in producing solargraphy cameras that don't require any DIY skills. Anyone can use them without knowing a single thing about pinhole cameras, development, or even solargraphs.

The original Solarcan announced in 2017.

The company released its first model in 2017 on Kickstarter. Since then, it has also added a set of tinted Solarcans that produce vibrant and colorful results, and now -- the small and round Puck.

Once an exposure is started, the Solarcan Puck will capture the Sun's path and produce a photo that can be retrieved inside afterward. The resulting image is inverted and can be scanned or photographed to get a digital copy.

To produce an image, photographers have to firmly fix the camera to a chosen outdoor location. The exposure begins when the tab inside is removed to allow light to pass through the pinhole.

The photographic paper inside the camera only reacts to sunshine, so photographers don't have to worry about light pollution from street lights, the Moon, or other sources.

The camera has f/132 and the exposure can last months or even years. For example, Solarcan customer Robert Miller set the camera to record Sun's path as seen from Antarctica and produced a 6-months long exposure. Cornwell went a step further and attempted a timelapse shot with 27 Solarcans, thought to be the first of its kind.

The new Puck works the same way as its predecessor model, except it catches a circle image. The new camera also comes with three exposures. Each next exposure is revealed after removing the cover sheet and gives photographers three goes to experiment with.

As the camera has no viewfinder, it can be tough to figure out the best camera placement for a good composition. The company recommends turning to community results to get ideas for this.

Below, the company has shared a few mock-up images of what the results shot by Solarcan Puck could look like.

Solarcan has no plans to sell the Puck as a standalone product -- it will instead be bundled with orders of over £30 ($40) for Black Friday weekend through November 28th.

"I’m not planning on making it a future product or selling it," Cornwell tells PetaPixel. "It’s intended as a bit of fun for the community, hence I’m not putting a price tag on it. I’m just excited to see what people produce with it!"

#equipment #news #camera #experimental #samcornwell #solarcan #solarcanpuck #solargraph #solargraphy #sun

#SolarcanPuck

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